Wind-shield for automobiles.



W. A. PEARSON.

WIND SHIELD FOR. AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 16,1910.

Patented July 16, 1912.

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ATTORNEYS W. A. PEARSON.- WIND SHIELD FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED APR.16,1910.

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WITNESSES:

ATTORNEYS W. A. PEARSON.

WIND SHIELD FOR AUTOMOBILES. APPLICATION FILED APK.16,1910.

Patented July 16, 1912.

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IIIIIA INVENTOH 91 Will/ls JZRw/am ATTORNEYS WILLIS A. PEARSON, or TROY, 01110;

WIND-SHIELD FOR AUTOMOBILES.

' 's cificaaon of Letters Patent.

Application fil "ed April is, 1910. Serial No. 555,937.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, WILLIS A. PEARSON,

1 a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Troy, in the county of Miami and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Wind-Shield for Automobiles, of which the following is a full, clear", and exact description.

My invention relates to wind shields adapted to be used on automobiles, and it has for its object to provide one having ,hinge members, which are held yieldingly relatively to each other by springs, so that the members of the wind shield may be dis: posed in a plurality of positions relatively to each other and be supported relatively tothe hinge members.

Another object of the invention is to'provide frames for the wind shield, having channel members which are inserted in openings in tubular side bars, the tubular side bars having slots in which the edges of the transparent or glass members are disposed, the other edges of the glass or 'transparent members being also disposed in the channel members.

Still other objects of the invention will appear. in the following complete descrip tion..

In this specification I will describe the preferred form of my invention, it being understood that the scope of the invention is defined in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompany ing drawings forminga part of this specification, in which-similar characters of ref erence indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which Figure 1 is a front elevation ofmy wind shield mounted on an automobile ;'.-Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the wind shieldshown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a sectional plan View of the hinge members shown at one side of the frame of the wind shield in Fig. 1, and means for connecting one of the hinge members with the lower frame; Fig. 4 is a sectional view onthe line 47 4 of Fig. 3-; Fig.

5 is a side elevation of the same; ig G is a fragmentary view showing the manner of constructingthe members of the frame of the "wind shield where they abut' Fig. 7 is a side elevation'of the same,,loolting from the right; Fig. 8 is a side levation'of a modification of the invention; Fig. 9 is an enlarged view showin'g'this modificatiomthe hinge. members being shown. in section ';"Fig.

IQ is a sectional view on the line 1'O10.of Fig. 11; Fig. 11 is a side elevation of the constructionshown in Fig. 10 Fig. 12 is a sectional plan view of the lower hinge members shown in thefmodification in Fig. 9'; and Fig. 13 is a sectional view showingfa modification of the invention.

By referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the machine has two frame members 11 and 12, which are connected at each side by hinges 13. These-.hinges 13. have two hinge members 14: and 15, the hinge member 15 having a central openin 16 in which is disposed the hinge mem er 145. 70,?

The hinge member 1 1 has-a central bearing 17, and thehin'ge member 15 has an inwardly projecting member 18, and a bearing member 19, inwhich there is a bearing 20, a bolt 21 being disposed in these bear- 7 lugs 17 and20. The hingemember 15 has is best shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, and they have projections or guides-24, which travel 1n guideways 25'serving as shoulders in the hinge member 14. It will therefore.

be seen that the dogs 23 are prevented from rotating relatively to the hinge member 14, although they may travel radially relatively to the said member. The dogs 23- have shoulders 26 therein, which are engaged by the terminals 27 of a leafspring 28, the leaf.

- spring 28 having an orifice 29, through which the bolt 21. is disposed. A head 30 of spun metal is provided, the head 30 having.

an orifice 31 tlough which the bolt 21 i995 disposed, the be t'21,having a nut-32 which is adapted toengage the head 30 and pressf it: and the spring 28 downwardly, so that the terminals 27 of the spring 28 will engage the shoulders 26 of thedogs 23 and will press the dogs against the annular flange ofthe hinge member 15. The bolt 21 has a head '33, which is adapted to engage the outer side of the bearing 1nember 19-. ,The

hinge member 14: base log 34;, whichis so cured to the tubular side bar 35 of the up{ perframe 11. The hinge member 15 has its set-off or inwardly- 'rojecting member 18 se cured to the side tuiiular bar 36 of thelo'wer frame 12.. A brace 37 is give tubularside bar 36. It will be understood that thereare two of these hinges 13 and Patented July 16, 1912.,

The dogs 23, two-in numbenare ifi disposed at opposite sides of the bolt 21, as.

ed, to; the

that they are both constructed as has been:

described, and that there are two pivoted brace bars 37, one disposed in each side of the wind shield.

The tubular side bars and 36 have ver tical grooves-38, in which are disposedchan! nel' members 39,. the channel members 39 Having lugs 40, which project through openings 41 in heads 42,v which are disposed across the abutting terminals of the tubular sidebars 35 and 36 These heads 42 are secured to members 43 by-screws 44, the'members 43 being secured to. the tubular side bars 35 and 36 by screws 45, which pass through orificesin the tubular side bars and engage the members 43. Glass or other transparent'members 46 of the wind shield, have their edgesdisposed in the slots 38 in the tubular side bars 35 and 36 and in the channel members 39, the. glass or transparent members 46 also being disposed in the grooves,

which are extended horizontally across the frame at the top of the upper frame 11 and at the bottomof the lowerframe 12. It will be seen that, by removing the screws 45,

"theheads 42 may be removed from thet-ubular side bars and 36, and that the heads 42 will carry with them the channel members 39, which will readily permit the insertion of the glass or other transparent members 46, after which the heads 42 with i the channel members 39, are. replaced and are secured as has been described.

Figs. 8, 9 and 12. show a modified form of my mventlon. In this modified form, plates 47 are secured to each of the upper tubular side bars 35, inner hinge members 48 being secured to these plates 47 respectively, the outer hinge members 49 having central openings in which the hinge members 48 are disposed. The outer hinge members 49 also have annular flange members 50, which are adapted to be engaged by dogs 51, which have guides or projections 52, which travel --in radially-disposed grooves or guideways 53. Lugs 54 project from the plates 47 and have threaded orifices, in which are disposed threadedterminals of the screws 55, the screws 55 being journale'd in bearings- 56 in the hinge members 48 and in bearings 57, which projecttrom and are integral with the hinge members 49. A leaf spring 58, having an opening-59, through \VlllCl1 the sore-W55 1s disposed, engages shoulders on the'dogs 51in the sa-me manner as I have described with reference to the construction shown in Figsl, 2,. 3, 4 and 5 drawings. The hinge members 49- are secured: rigidly to bars 60, which are in turn secnredrigidly to one of thehinge members of'a hinge61. This hinge 61 has a central] member 62, having radially-disposed grooves or guideways 63 in which. projections '64 on dogs 65, travel. The central hinge members 62 have annularside grooves 65, in which of the are disposed annular members 66- and 66, the annular member 66 being secured to the bars 60." These annularimembers 66 and 66 have shoulders 67, which are engaged by the dogs 65, the dogs65 having shoulders 68,'in which are disposed termlnals 69 of leaf springs 70, the leaf springs 70 having or1-.

fices through which the bolts 71 are disposed. 'The bolts 71 are also journaled in bearings 72 in the central hinge members 62.

The bolts 71 also extend through openings v in the spun metal heads 73, so that when the nuts 74 are turned home, they will press the heads '73 against the springs 7 O and will force the terminals of the springs 70 against the shoulders of the dogs 65, thereby thrust-' ing the dogs againstthe annular shoulders 67, these annular shoulders 67 and the mem-- bers .66 forming the hinge member which is secured to the bars 60. The central hinge members 62 are secured to the lower tubuwhich'has been described, but instead-of using the leaf springs, such as I have described, I pivot together two members 83 around a bolt 84, a coil spring 85 being mounted on the said bolt 84, against which the spun metal head 86 presses, a nut 87 being provided to press the head 86 inwardly, thereby compressing the spring 85, by which means the pivoted members 83 may be. pressed against the shoulders of the dogs 82. The lower frame member 12 of the wind shield is hinged, in any suitable manner,

to a member 91, this member 91 being hinged to the automoblle n any sultable mannen The glower portion of the tubular sidebar 36, as shown in Fig; 10 of the drawings, has a curved recess 89, in whichis disposed a rounded upper portion of the frame 91. A

tion of the frame member 91, bracket members 93 and 94 being secured to. the frame members 36 and 91 respectively, these bracket-j1nen'1ber's-93. and 94 having flanges 95 and 96 which. are pivoted together by a pin 97 sothat the frame member 36 may be removed relatively to the frame member 91.

It will be readily. understood that when the wind shield is constructed, as has-been described, the glass or transparent members 46 may readily be inserted in position by removing the heads 42, with the channel members 39. It will also be understood that the members, whichare hinged, are'held yield- The hinge recess 92 is made in the upper rounded por- Loader: ingly relatively to each other, so that the mounted on the bolt and engaging the dog wind shield will. remain in the desired position'without the necessity of the usual fastenings it"being only necessary to move the upper rame member lit relatively to the lower frame member, the hinge members 14, secured-to the upper frame, being held rela tively to the hinge members 15 secure'dto the lower frame member 12 by means of the springs. However, while these springs will prevent the upper frame from moving-relativeiy to the lower frame, except when desired,;it'will,not prevent the operator-of the ear from'pullingor pushing the upper frame 111:0 the desired position -'In the modifieation shown in Figs. 8', 9, 10 and 12 of the drawings, it is possible not only to,-n1ove"the upper frame relatively to the lower frame on an axis which cpl-responds with the bottom of the upper frame,

butit is also possible to. rotate the upper frame, 11 relatively tothe lower frame 12' on an axisat any desired distance'above the bottom of the upper: frame, the upper frame 11 being held in positlon, when adjusted as desired, bymeans of the leaf springs 58' aIid'ZO of thehinges, these-springs actuating dogs, which are prevented from being rqtated relatively to one set of hinge membersfand-which engage the o-t-herhinge men1- hers respectively. p

I III-:Fig. 13 of the drawings, the dogs v82 are held extended by' means of the pivoted members 83 which are in turn held against the shoulders of the dogs by means of'the' spring 85, the operation of this modification being substantially thesame-as in the other forms of my invention.

Hav ng thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Iatent:

1.. In a wind shield for automobiles, two hinge members adapted to be moved relatively to each other, and having central bean 'ngs, abolt journaled inthe bearings, a dog a'ving surfaces disposed against the hinged members, a spring for pressing the dog againstthe two hinge members, and means on the bolt which engage the spring.

2. In a wind shield for automobiles 'two hinge members thereb'eing an opening in one of the hinge members, in which the other is disposed,one of the hinge members having a shoulder, a dog disposed against the shoulderv and having a face engaging the other hinge member, acentral .bolt, a leaf spring for holding'the dog yielding'ly imposition, and means mounted on the bolt for engaging the leaf spring.

In a wind hingemembers having bearings respectively, there being an opening in one ofthe hinge members in which the other is disposed, a bolt journaled in the bearings, a dog disposed against the hinge members, and a leaf spring shield for automobiles two for holding the dog yieldingly in position.

4. In a wind shield for automobiles a hinge.

member, a second hinge member having a shoulder, oppositely disposed dogs disposed against the first hinge member, and engaging the shoulder on the second hinge member, a

central bolt, and a leaf spring mounted on the bolt. and having terminals engaging the dogs.

5, In awind shield for automobiles a hinge member having abearing, a second hinge member having a bearing, and a shoulder, there being an opening in one of the hinge members in-which the other is disposed, a dog disposed against the shoulder and engagingthe' other hinge member, a-boltj ournaled in the bearing, and a leaf spring mounted on the bolt and engaging the dog. 6. In a wind shield for 2l11t-OlilOl3lleS a hinge member, a second hinge member having a shoulder, a dog having an end disposed against the shoulder on the second-mentioned 7 Ina wind shield for automobiles, two lunge members havlng central bearingsrespectively, there being an opening in one of the hinge members, in which the other is disposed, a flange on the hinge member-having the opening, there being a radial groove in the inner hinge'member, a dog having a projection disposed in. the radial grooves, and a shoulder, for engaging the annular member, a spring which engages the shoulder on the dog for holding the dog yieldingly against the flange, and a bolt journaled in the bearings.

8. In a wind shield for automobiles two hinge members having central bearings re- .spect 1Vely, there being an opening in one of the hinge members in which the other is disposed, a flange on the hinge member having an opening there being a radial groove in the inner hinge'member, a dog having a projection disposed in the radial groove, and a shoulder, for engaging the annular memher, a spring which engages the shoulder on the dog for holding the dog 'yieldingly against the flange, a bolt journaled. in the bearings, and means on the bolt for compress ing the spring. 1 i

9. In a wind shield for automobiles, two hinge members having central bearings respeetively, there being an opening in one of the hinge members, in which the other is disposech'a flange on the outerhinge mem-..

her, there being radial grooves in the inner hinge member substantially in alinement, two oppositely-disposed dogs having project-ions disposed in the grooves respectively and shoulders, forengaging the annular flange,

a leaf springhaving terminals, disposed spring.

against the shoulders of the dogs, a-bolt- 2 posed against the shoulders of the dogs, a

journaled in the bearings and disposed through an opening in the leaf spring, and means (mum bolt for colnpresslng' the leaf 10.-In a Wind shield -for' auto nobiles, two hinge members having central bearings respectively, there I being an opening in one.

of they hinge members, in which the other is disposed, a flange on the outer hinge member,1there being radialgrooves in the inner hinge v member substantially in elinement,

v two oppositely-disposecl dogs having projections disposed in the gToove's respectively and shoulders for engaging the annular -flange, :1 leaf spring having terminals, disbolt journaled in: the bearings and disposed through an opening in the leaf spring, a

head he vingan opening through which the 20- bolt is disposed, the head engaging the leaf spring at the bolt and the outer hinge member at its periphery, and a nut on'jhe bolt for pressingthe head against the leaf spring.

In testimony whereof I have signed my 25 name to this specification in the presence 0 two subscribing witnesses. v f WILLIS A. PEARSON.

Witnesses:

L. H, SH PMAN, I FLORENCE L. Dn Fnnns. 

